# Video game soundtracks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-soundtracks/122793 "2002-08-07T16:33:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SwimmingwithChickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@SwimmingwithChickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingwithChickens)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-soundtracks/122793/21 "2002-08-08T13:47:16Z")
My vote is for Sega Genesis’s NHL 94. Every time I hear that jingle my hear reverts back to that of a school kid. As a testimate to the song’s greatness it was used in the movie Swingers. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-soundtracks/122793/22 "2002-08-09T05:08:25Z")
I believe a bunch of big name alternative rock bands did the music for SSX Tricky and the Tony Hawk games. I also like some of the music from Unreal Tournament, believe it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-soundtracks/122793/23 "2002-08-09T05:25:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\* > Didn’t Sonic Mayhem also do the music for Quake 3? \*\* Six tracks of it. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-soundtracks/122793/24 "2002-08-09T15:20:53Z")
Frank Klepacki has done some awesome work for the Command and Conquer series. My all-time favorite is “Hell March” from Red Alert. My favorite SSX song is “Song For Dot” by the Space Raiders. I think one of the coolest soundtracks has to be Grand Theft Auto III. The amount of planning, time, and execution that went into creating all those radio stations is amazing. Does anyone know if real bands wrote/performed the songs or are they original? I know the Flashback FM channel is the Scarface soundtrack, but what about the others? Metal Gear Solid 2 has cool music too, especially the Harry Gregson-Williams version of the theme song. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-soundtracks/122793/25 "2002-08-09T15:57:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JustPlainBryan \* > \*\*I want to know who did the music for Simcity 3000. The tracks on that are so awesome that I paid 15 bucks for an MP3 recorder so I could rip them from the game. I now listen to them every day. My favorites are Urban Complex, City of Dreams, and City Lights. Urban Complex especially. > > I have an affinity for old NES and SNES tracks also. I found this great [website](http://www.vgmusic.com/) where they archive all the old video games tunes. I especially love the Mega-man and Chrono Trigger tracks. > > In CTP, I love Arabian nights. Very haunting and moving. I also love Electric Varanassi(sp?). Another haunting track. The tracks on CTP II were awesome too. Civ II(Sid Meirs’s) has a great track that melds Glory Hallelujiah and Dixie together in one song. Genius. > > A long time ago, there was a game put out by Microprose called “This Means War” which was a Command and Conquer knockoff. The game itself sucked, but that soundtrack was amazing! > > So you see, there are bigger geeks than you! 🙂 \*\* OH MY GOD, ITS THE MOTHERLOAD! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-soundtracks/122793/26 "2002-08-09T17:30:29Z")
No problem. 🙂 I was enraptured when I first found this website. It took me back to a time when all I had to worry about was getting my homework in on time and trying to beat the next level of “Section Z” on my NES. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-soundtracks/122793.md?page=1)